Maels Rodríguez

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Rodríguez and the second or maternal family name is Corrales.

Maels Rodríguez

Medal record
Men's baseball
Representing Cuba
Olympic Games
	2000 Sydney	Team
Baseball World Cup
	2001 Taipei	Team
	2003 Havana	Team
Intercontinental Cup
	2002 Havana	Team
Pan American Games
	1999 Winnipeg	Team

Maels Rodríguez Corrales (born October 15, 1979) is a Cuban baseball player and Olympic silver medalist. He set the Cuban National Series record for strikeouts in one season after he struck out 263 players in just 178.1 innings of play during the 2000–2001 Cuban National Series season. In that season he won 15 games while also leading in walks granted with 76. He led the Gallos de Sancti Spiritus to the playoffs that year and was eventually awarded the Cuban National Series Most Valuable Player Award, the second player from that team to ever win the award.

In six seasons of play in Cuba he went 65-45, having 1,148 strikeouts in 938 innings of work while having a 2.29 ERA. He allowed a batting average of .177. He attempted to defect from Cuba to play in Major League Baseball, but a subsequent arm injury derailed his chances. He was the second pitcher in Cuban player history to throw 100 mph or more and his mark of 100.5 mph; Aroldis Chapman is the only pitcher with a higher mark, having thrown 101.2 miles per hour.

References

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Maels Rodríguez". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
• Cuban Baseball Career statistics